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DR David Scott

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Honorary, Medicine, Western Health

Physical activity (physical activity and ageing)
Sarcopenia (skeletal muscle function and frailty)
vitamin D

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Dr. David Scott, PhD (2010), is an exercise scientist and NHMRC RD Wright Biomedical Career Development Fellow at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University. He also holds an Honorary appointment at the Melbourne Medical School (Western Campus) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science. He has expertise in objective assessment of physical activity and physical performance in older adults, and imaging techniques for estimating body composition and muscle quality, and has published over 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals related to these topics. His research focuses on clinical assessment and treatment of sarcopenia (the age-related decline in skeletal muscle quality and function), and in particular, its interactions with adiposity, physical activity and vitamin D.

Has subject area

For 2008 6 Digit Code
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
Seo 2008 6 Digit Code
- Health Related to Ageing

Publications

Selected publications

2019
- Research Book Chapters
  - Reduced Skeletal Muscle Mass and Lifestyle. NUTRITION AND SKELETAL MUSCLE. Academic Press. 2019
- Journal Articles
  - Longitudinal associations between dietary inflammatory index and musculoskeletal health in community-dwelling older adults. 2019
  - Metabolic Syndrome and Its Associations with Components of Sarcopenia in Overweight and Obese Older Adults 2019
  - Proinflammatory Diet Increases Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers and Falls Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Men. 2019
  - Promoting mobility and healthy aging in men: a narrative review. 2019
  - Prospective associations of low muscle mass and strength with health-related quality of life over 10-year in community-dwelling older adults. Experimental Gerontology. 118. 2019
  - Prospective associations of osteosarcopenia and osteodynapenia with incident fracture and mortality over 10 years in community-dwelling older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 82. 2019
  - SHOULD SARCOPENIA DEFINITIONS CONSIDER MUSCLE QUALITY AS WELL AS QUANTITY?. Journal of Applied Physiology. 126. 2019
  - Sarcopenia and diabetes mellitus: evidence for a bi-directional relationship 2019
  - Sarcopenia and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a bidirectional relationship. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: targets and therapy. 12. 2019
  - Sarcopenia in Older Adults. 2019
  - Sex-specific associations between insulin resistance and bone parameters in overweight and obese older adults. Clinical Endocrinology. 90. 2019
  - The Effect of Yearly-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation on Muscle Function in Mice. Nutrients. 11. 2019
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Associations of Body Composition Trajectories with Bone Mineral Density, Muscle Function, Falls and Fractures in Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. 2019
  - Associations of Health-Related Quality of Life, Fear of Falling and Objective Measures of Physical Function with Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women with Low Bone Mass 2019
  - Associations of Sarcopenia and Its Components with Bone Structure and Incident Falls in Swedish Older Adults. Calcified Tissue International. 105. 2019
  - Associations of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D with Physical Performance and Bone Health in Overweight and Obese Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16. 2019
  - Bony stress in the lumbar spine is associated with intervertebral disc degeneration and low back pain: a retrospective case-control MRI study of patients under 25 years of age. European Spine Journal. 28. 2019
  - Development and Validation of a Wearable Plantar Force Measurement Device. IEEE Sensors Journal. 19. 2019
  - Does Combined Osteopenia/Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia Confer Greater Risk of Falls and Fracture Than Either Condition Alone in Older Men? The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. Journal of Gerontology Series A - Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 74. 2019
  - Effect of 16-weeks vitamin D replacement on calcium-phosphate homeostasis in overweight and obese adults. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 186. 2019
  - Establishing an Operational Definition of Sarcopenia in Australia and New Zealand: Delphi Method Based Consensus Statement. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 23. 2019
  - Exploring the Links Between Common Diseases of AgeingOsteoporosis, Sarcopenia and Vascular Calcification. Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 17. 2019
  - Mid-calf skeletal muscle density and its associations with physical activity, bone health and incident 12-month falls in older adults: The Healthy Ageing Initiative. Bone. 120. 2019
  - Multiple vertebral compression fractures after sleeve gastrectomy and a subsequent pregnancy: a case report. 2019
  - Osteocalcin and its forms across the lifespan in adult men. 2019
  - Utility of four sarcopenia criteria for the prediction of falls-related hospitalization in older Australian women. Osteoporosis International. 30. 2019
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Commentaries on Viewpoint: Rejuvenation of the term sarcopenia. 2019
- Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
  - Abdominal aortic calcification, bone mineral density and fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 9. 2019
  - Body Composition and Falls Risk in Older Adults 2019
  - Vitamin D and Public Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16. 2019
2018
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Aortic Calcification is Associated with Five-Year Decline in Handgrip Strength in Older Women. Calcified Tissue International. 103. 2018
  - Assistive technologies to overcome sarcopenia in ageing. Maturitas. 112. 2018
  - Associations of components of sarcopenic obesity with bone health and balance in older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 75. 2018
  - Associations of sarcopenic obesity with the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance over five years in older men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. Experimental Gerontology. 108. 2018
  - Calf muscle density is independently associated with physical function in overweight and obese older adults. The Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions. 18. 2018
  - Effects of vitamin D supplementation on inflammatory markers in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Scientific Reports. 8. 2018
  - High calcium intake in men not women is associated with all-cause mortality risk: Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Archives of Osteoporosis. 13. 2018
  - Longitudinal Associations of Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, Physical Activity, and Knee Pain and Dysfunction with Muscle Loss in Community-dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Gerontology Series A - Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 73. 2018
  - Longitudinal associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, physical activity, knee pain and dysfunction and physiological falls risk in community-dwelling older adults. Experimental Gerontology. 104. 2018
  - Recommendations for the nomenclature of cognitive change associated with anaesthesia and surgery-2018. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 62. 2018
  - The relationship between objectively assessed physical activity and bone health in older adults differs by sex and is mediated by lean mass. Osteoporosis International. 29. 2018
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Comments on Li et al.: Meta-analysis of hypertension and osteoporotic fracture risk in women and men. Osteoporosis International. 29. 2018
  - Does obesity reduce risk for osteoporosis and fractures in older adults?. Internal Medicine Journal. 48. 2018
2017
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Associations between hip bone mineral density, aortic calcification and cardiac workload in community-dwelling older Australians. Osteoporosis International. 28. 2017
  - Dietary protein from different food sources, incident metabolic syndrome and changes in its components: An 11-year longitudinal study in healthy community-dwelling adults. Clinical Nutrition. 36. 2017
  - Dietary quality is associated with abdominal aortic calcification: A mean of 18-year longitudinal study in community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 21. 2017
  - Diversity in fall characteristics hampers effective prevention: the precipitants, the environment, the fall and the injury. Osteoporosis International. 28. 2017
  - Exploring factors related to changes in body composition, insulin sensitivity and aerobic capacity in response to a 12-week exercise intervention in overweight and obese women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome. PLoS One. 12. 2017
  - PROSPECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS OF LOW MUSCLE MASS AND FUNCTION WITH 10-YEAR FALLS RISK, INCIDENT FRACTURE AND MORTALITY IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 21. 2017
  - Sarcopenic Obesity and Its Temporal Associations With Changes in Bone Mineral Density, Incident Falls, and Fractures in Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 32. 2017
  - The past, present and future of the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) in Japan 2017
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Nonlinear relation between animal protein intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies Reply. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 105. 2017
  - Reply to: systematic review and meta-analysis for the association of bone mineral density and osteoporosis/osteopenia with vascular calcification in women. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 20. 2017
- Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
  - Prescribing Physical Activity for the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis in Older Adults 2017
2016
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - ASSOCIATIONS OF LOW MUSCLE MASS AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN CAUCASIAN AND ASIAN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER ADULTS. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 20. 2016
  - Accelerometer-determined physical activity, muscle mass, and leg strength in community-dwelling older adults 2016
  - Adiposity assessed by anthropometric measures has a similar or greater predictive ability than dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measures for abdominal aortic calcification in community-dwelling older adults. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 32. 2016
  - Associations of Sarcopenic Obesity and Dynapenic Obesity with Bone Mineral Density and Incident Fractures Over 5-10 Years in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Calcified Tissue International. 99. 2016
  - Associations of Vitamin D with Inter- and Intra-Muscular Adipose Tissue and Insulin Resistance in Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Nutrients. 8. 2016
  - Dietary protein intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study and a meta-analysis of prospective studies. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104. 2016
  - Effect of vitamin D supplementation on measures of arterial stiffness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Endocrinology. 84. 2016
  - Light physical activity is positively associated with cognitive performance in older community dwelling adults. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 19. 2016
  - Low Relative Lean Mass is Associated with Increased Likelihood of Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Community-Dwelling Older Australians. Calcified Tissue International. 99. 2016
  - Low knowledge of physical health behaviours is associated with poor diet and chronic illness in adults. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 22. 2016
  - Quality of Life Outcomes in Community-based Mental Health Consumers: Comparisons with Population Norms and Changes over Time. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 37. 2016
  - Sarcopenia: a potential cause and consequence of type 2 diabetes in Australia's ageing population?. Medical Journal of Australia. 205. 2016
  - Sarcopenic obesity 2016
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Considerations concerning the definition of sarcopenia: comments. Osteoporosis International. 27. 2016
  - Effect of weight loss induced by energy restriction on measures of arterial compliance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Atherosclerosis. 252. 2016
2015
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Applying the World Health Organization Mental Health Action Plan to evaluate policy on addressing co-occurrence of physical and mental illnesses in Australia. Australian Health Review. 39. 2015
  - Associations of calf inter- and intra-muscular adipose tissue with cardiometabolic health and physical function in community-dwelling older adults. The Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions. 15. 2015
  - Changes in gait performance over several years are associated with recurrent falls status in community-dwelling older women at high risk of fracture. Age and Ageing. 44. 2015
  - Dietary alpha-Linolenic Acid and Total omega-3 Fatty Acids Are Inversely Associated with Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Older Women, but Not in Older Men. Journal of Nutrition. 145. 2015
  - Fall and Fracture Risk in Sarcopenia and Dynapenia With and Without Obesity: the Role of Lifestyle Interventions. Current Osteoarthritis Reports. 13. 2015
  - Lessons Learned From the Trial of a Cardiometabolic Health Nurse. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 51. 2015
  - Mild Deficits of Conical Bone in Young Adults With Klinefelter Syndrome or Anorchia Treated With Testosterone. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 100. 2015
  - Predictors of Nurse Support for the Introduction of the Cardiometabolic Health Nurse in the Australian Mental Health Sector. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 51. 2015
  - Reduced Ambivalence to the Role of the Cardiometabolic Health Nurse Following a 6-Month Trial. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 51. 2015
  - Scoping review of research in Australia on the co-occurrence of physical and serious mental illness and integrated care. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 24. 2015
  - Validity of 12-Month Falls Recall in Community-Dwelling Older Women Participating in a Clinical Trial. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2015
  - Vitamin D and Physical Activity Status: Associations With Five-Year Changes in Body Composition and Muscle Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 100. 2015
2014
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - A systematic review of nurse physical healthcare for consumers utilizing mental health services. 2014
  - Access to dental care and dental ill-health of people with serious mental illness: views of nurses working in mental health settings in Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 21. 2014
  - Cardiometabolic Health Nursing to Improve Health and Primary Care Access in Community Mental Health Consumers: Baseline Physical Health Outcomes from a Randomised Controlled Trial. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 35. 2014
  - Cardiometabolic health nursing to improve health and primary care access in community mental health consumers: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 51. 2014
  - Communication With Colleagues: Frequency of Collaboration Regarding Physical Health of Consumers With Mental Illness. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 50. 2014
  - Development, Validation and Initial Outcomes of a Questionnaire to Investigate the Views of Nurses Working in a Mental Health Setting Regarding a Cardiometabolic Health Nursing Role. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 28. 2014
  - Investigating the predictive ability of gait speed and quadriceps strength for incident falls in community-dwelling older women at high risk of fracture. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 58. 2014
  - Knowing is not doing: The relationship between health behaviour knowledge and actual health behaviours in people with serious mental illness. Mental Health and Physical Activity. 7. 2014
  - Operational definitions of sarcopenia and their associations with 5-year changes in falls risk in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults. Osteoporosis International. 25. 2014
  - Poor Sleep Quality in Australian Adults With Comorbid Psychological Distress and Physical Illness. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 12. 2014
  - Proposed nurse-led initiatives in improving physical health of people with serious mental illness: a survey of nurses in mental health. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 23. 2014
  - Sarcopenic Obesity and Dynapenic Obesity: 5-Year Associations with Falls Risk in Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Obesity. 22. 2014
  - Self-Reported Health, Health Behaviors, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Regional Mental Health Consumers. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 50. 2014
  - The Association Between Hip Muscle Cross-Sectional Area, Muscle Strength, and Bone Mineral Density. Calcified Tissue International. 95. 2014
  - The Cardiometabolic Health Nurse: Physical Health Behaviour Outcomes from a Randomised Controlled Trial. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 35. 2014
  - The association between physical activity and reduced body fat lessens with age - Results from a cross-sectional study in community-dwelling older adults. Experimental Gerontology. 55. 2014
  - Undercarboxylated osteocalcin, muscle strength and indices of bone health in older women. Bone. 64. 2014
  - What Determines Whether Nurses Provide Physical Health Care to Consumers With Serious Mental Illness?. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 28. 2014
- Journal Articles Unrefereed
  - Vitamin D Deficiency and its Role in Muscle-Bone Interactions in the Elderly. Current Osteoarthritis Reports. 12. 2014
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Impact of nutrition on muscle mass, strength, and performance in older adults. Osteoporosis International. 25. 2014
2013
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Access to Physical Health Care for People with Serious Mental Illness: A Nursing Perspective and a Human Rights Perspective-Common Ground?. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 34. 2013
  - Are Nurses in Mental Health Services Providing Physical Health Care for People with Serious Mental Illness? An Australian Perspective. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 34. 2013
  - Investigating Self-Reported Health Behaviors in Australian Adults with Mental Illness. Behavioral Medicine: relating behavior and health. 39. 2013
  - Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program: Facilitating physical health care for people with mental illness?. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 22. 2013
  - Nurse views on the cardiometabolic health nurse as an approach to improving the physical health of people with serious mental illness in Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 22. 2013
  - Nurses' Views on Training Needs to Increase Provision of Primary Care for Consumers With Serious Mental Illness. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 49. 2013
  - Physical health care for people with mental illness: Training needs for nurses. Nurse Education Today. 33. 2013
  - Screening physical health? Yes! But...: nurses' views on physical health screening in mental health care. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 22. 2013
  - Utilization and Perceptions of Primary Health Care Services in Australian Adults with Mental Illness. Population Health Management. 16. 2013
- Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
  - Vitamin D, Muscle Function, and Falls in Older Adults: Does Reduced Deposition of Intramuscular Adipose Tissue Influence the Relationship?. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 98. 2013
- Conference Proceedings
  - 'SARCO-OSTEOPOROSIS': THE PREVALENCE AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF COMORBID SARCOPENIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS. Osteoporosis International. 2013
  - DYNAPENIC OBESITY BUT NOT SARCOPENIC OBESITY IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF INCREASED FALLS RISK IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS. Osteoporosis International. 2013
  - Sarcopenia and health-related quality of life over five years in community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2013
2012
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Prospective study of self-reported pain, radiographic osteoarthritis, sarcopenia progression, and falls risk in community-dwelling older adults. Arthritis Care & Research. 64. 2012
2011
- Journal Articles
  - Response. Clinical Endocrinology. 74. 2011
  - The epidemiology of sarcopenia in community living older adults: what role does lifestyle play? 2011
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Prospective associations between ambulatory activity, body composition and muscle function in older adults. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 21. 2011
2010
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - A prospective study of the associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D, sarcopenia progression and physical activity in older adults. Clinical Endocrinology. 73. 2010
  - Associations Between Dietary Nutrient Intake and Muscle Mass and Strength in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Tasmanian Older Adult Cohort Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 58. 2010
2009
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Ambulatory Activity, Body Composition, and Lower-Limb Muscle Strength in Older Adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 41. 2009
  - Statin therapy, muscle function and falls risk in community-dwelling older adults. QJM: an international journal of medicine. 102. 2009

Research

Investigator on

Contract
- Sarcopenia in Australia and New Zealand: definition, prevalence and outcomes administered by Medicine, Western Health 2019
- Sarcopenia in Australia and New Zealand: definition, prevalence and outcomes administered by Medicine, Western Health 2019
- THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF SARCOPENIA, VITAMIN D AND FALLS IN THE COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS 2013 - 2015
Grant
- THE PROTECT TRIAL: PERIOPERATIVE ENHANCEMENT OF COGNITIVE TRAJECTORY (Boosting Dementia Round 5) awarded by NHMRC 2019 - 2024
- Dynapenic obesity, musculoskeletal and cardiometabolic health in older adults. (Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2014
- Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant Scheme (Travel and Conference Grants) awarded by THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION 2014

Awards

Education and training

PhD, University of Tasmania 2010
BHM (Hons), University of Tasmania 2006

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Geographic focus

Australia

Supervision

Available for supervision

Y

Contact Details
- d.scott@unimelb.edu.au
- 0383958108
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  - Level: 03 Room: 5.024, Western Ctr for Health Research and Education (Sunshine Hosp), Western Hospital
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